MATTER OF AHMEN

No. C0-97-508.

564 N.W.2d 223 (1997)

In the Matter of Alona Aisha AHMEN.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

June 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L.H. Lubov, Law Office of William Lubov, Minneapolis, for appellant Ahmen.

Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Carolyn A. Peterson, Gayle C. Hendley, Assistant County Attorneys, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by PARKER, P.J., TOUSSAINT, C.J., and HARTEN, J.


OPINION

HARTEN, Judge.

Appellant Alona Aisha Ahmen appeals her indeterminate mentally ill and dangerous commitment to the Minnesota Correctional Facility for Women at Shakopee, arguing that the district court unlawfully indeterminately committed her directly to a correctional facility. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Ahmen has a long history of mental illness and several instances of violent behavior. In 1990, she hit her cousin on the head...

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